useful information

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/susanc&category_id=2377583

it's been a long time

once i quit from the class. i didn't write anything.

there were two explanation.

1. stress released.

2. too much things to write and i didn't know where to start it.

anyway, i will try to write everyday, no matter long or short.

the pic was our taiwanese party.

i will survive

First I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
I grew strong
I learned how to carry on
and so you're back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed my stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
you'd be back to bother me

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
you think I'd crumble
you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
as long as i know how to love
I know I will stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
kept trying hard to mend
the pieces of my broken heart
and I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
Now I hold my head up high
and you see me
somebody new
I'm not that chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
now I'm saving all my loving
for someone who's loving me

22/10/2006

22/10/2006(Sun)

The second day of Graz trip, as usual, we are heading to drink.

Actually, even Graz is the UNESCO world heritage; it doesn’t take you a lot of time to travel. We spent the all day in the city tour of Graz. That was enough to see all the tourist attraction. Today we were going to another tour attraction-wind production. Since the weather in Graz is very mild compared to other city in Austria, it provides a good place to grow grapes, and of course, wine industry. We went to a small restaurant in the country side. In front of the door, you could see the significant sigh ”Sturm.” That is the most famous alcohol drinking in Austria. It tastes sweet and no alcohol inside. However, it is the reason why it is so popular among the girls. We didn’t waste a lot of time to wait. When we sat down, the bottle of Sturm, and all kind of wine, kept be served to us. I, a famous light weight in all exchange students, was not out of everybody’s expectation. I was totally drunk when I finished Peggy and Grace’s wine. In the rest of time, actually I didn’t remember very well. From the pictures, it seemed I wandered around, chatting, picturing, drinking…etc. The only thing I remembered was I fall asleep on the bus immediately. When I woke up, I was in the Raab-Heim already. Anyway, I loved it. We had a wonderful time.

21/10/2006

21/10/2006 (Sat)

Today we went to Graz. Graz is a city in the south of the Austria. We took bus from Linz at the 7:30 in the morning. Every body was very punctually except some Taiwanese girls. I guessed they are the latest one because there were no Spanish girls. ^^ anyway, we embarked on time. On the way to Graz, our REFI guys showed us again how Austrian can drink. They offered us free beer as a breakfast, but who will drink in the morning? The answer was Austrian. I never saw their hand without any bottle of beer. The funniest was, they drank too much, so they stopped the bus every one hour to pee. Sometimes there was no rest station near the high way. They just pulled off the bus and peed to the tree. We can see from this picture.


Okay, if this was a part of our tour, I can accept it. We arrived on the Graz about 12. Frank, Carlos, Lilia and I, we four went together for a lunch. We found out there were shoes shops everywhere in the Graz, somebody said this was cheap in Graz. I didn’t know. But even I know I could not afford it. Finally, we found an Austrian traditional market. It was nice to integrate their life when you traveled. However, we tried two or three stores that looked like they sell food. Sorry, we are in Austria. They only sell alcohol. The time was about 1 in the afternoon. For Austrian, it didn’t mater when to drink. Everyone stood outside the store and drank. Wein, beer, Sturm… anyone you can image. Finally, we found a store which sells alcohol as well as food. I ordered a “Schnitzelsemmel.” It was good and cost only 2.4 EUR. Then we came back to city ground and had a city tour.

We met Spanish girls there. They were late for the half day ( just joking). We started our city tour. Actually I didn’t pay attention to city tour. In my impression, the king who built the castles in Graz also built a castle in Linz. He left some mysterious letters”A E I O U.” not until he told to public about the letters; he died, leaving it as a mystery in the Graz. He also had a spiral stairs. It was also good. For the other building, I could not remember now. Anyway, it was all beautiful building.

In the evening I went to the Schlossberg. (I met Vicky, Frank, Carlos, and Raul there) There I could see all the city of Graz. In the mountain, it was easy to see the structure of the house in the medieval time. They would build house like a wall or a fortress and there is a square inside the four sides of the houses. And many small building formed a big square again. The biggest square is usually in front of the Rathaus or Kirchen. The city of Graz maintains very well. You can easily understand the philosophy of their architecture in medieval.



At night we went to the artificial island first. They had half price for the cocktail. Because I thought I was going clubbing, I only ordered coffee. (It was a big mistake in the end.) I heard a very beautiful love story from the Agnes, a very cute and thin Hungarian girl and the birth plan of Ildiko, I call her the teacher of palace because she is so elegant. It was amazing they both wanted three children. I don’t want a child in the future. I hate children. Then we went to three monkeys, which is a pub. It was nothing special there. I told the story of the pub in Taiwan. Everyone was shocked. Yes, it is. I was telling the truth. The clubbing in Taiwan is not healthy and acceptable to some people. So that explained why many Taiwanese girls here don’t like to go clubbing. They were frightened in Taiwan. For me it was okay, it’s just the place to relax and have chat with friends. I would not wear bikini and take off there. ^^ then we came back to hostel. What a good day it was.

knight

willkommen

19/10/2006

19/10/2006 (Thu)



There are two important things happened today. One is good and another is very bad. I start with the good thing. I got my girlfriend’s present from Taiwan today. She sent me a box. There are instant noodles, some spicy sauce, post-it sticker, pen, and the most important- my birthday present!! Although my birthday is in the end of the October, she gave to me earlier. It’s a black suit coat made by united colors of Benetton, so nice it is, especially with my scarf. That passes a lot. And the size is almost fit. How amazing it is, she can remember my size and give me a present from Taiwan. I love it so much and her as well.

Another bad thing is I almost got punched today. One man from China broke into my room, shouting to me why I said something bad behind him. I was totally shocked because I didn’t know what happened. He said I told Suzuki, who is his roommate from Japan, he complained about him in the kitchen one night. I had listened and snitched to Suzuki. And this morning he had severely argued with the Suzuki. He thought since they don’t like each other, why Suzuki doesn’t move out. Suzuki said I told something behind him. Then he felt so angry and came to my room. It is not my business in the beginning. I was so innocent. The fact is Suzuki one day complained to me about that guy. I suggested him to change room, but he had asked the reception. Unfortunately, it was already full. And today morning I met Suzuki again, I said you should be strong and argue with the Raab-Heim office because Austrian are lazy and reluctant to do customer service. And that’s the end of story. I didn’t speak something bad at him. Why he could question me? Besides, he kept use some bad word to describe the Suzuki. I couldn’t stand it. Since you hate each other, why you changed your room? I asked him. He just replied me he didn’t make anything wrong. Why he should leave. One who should leave is Suzuki. In the end he talked about why I wanted to help Japanese. He thinks I am a Chinese and Taiwan is no different from China. I felt so frustrated. Why an educated person could say something like this. It’s totally irreverent to this incident today. What he is thinking about! What an irrational person he is.

on your mark

since some friends read my blog

i want to introduce something from asia

the film is made by Hayao Miyazaki （宮崎駿）

music by Chage & Aska

there is japanese and chinese subtitle on it

but you don't understand.

don't worry, just watch the film

you will know it.

17/10/2006

17/10/2006 (Tue)

I didn’t sleep very well yesterday. Maybe it is because I was a little drunk yesterday. Nevertheless, I woke up around 6 in the morning. Surprisely, I met Peggy and Grace in the kitchen. They just came back from Swiss, with their two illegal immigrant friends. They planed to sleep in Raab Heim for three days in their room. We counted when cleaning mad will change our linen, wash our toilet. I know if they got caught, it will be very serious. Some Austrian said Raab Heim is like a prison. We will see. Hope they can survive these days. Another important thing today, I changed my MSN title today. “ich bin krank, deshalb bitte ich sie mir eine Unarmung zu geben.” Embarrassedly is when I wrote it first. Vicky pointed my grammar mistake immediately. This thing had a lesson for us-don’t show off too much when you are not familiar with that language. ^^ (for the foreigners, this means smile in Taiwan, just use your imagination!!) anyway, I still appreciated Vicky’s help for my German although you overestimated my level in German. To return to my subject today, why I feel so bad today? I don’t know. Maybe it is lonely. Do not misunderstand me. I have a lot of friends here. But just like another Vicky said “If I could speak in Spanish, how easy it will be.” I mean people I met here; they are so nice and sweet. Even we have a lot of culture difference, we can still make friends. But sometimes, you just want a friend who comes from the same culture, speaks in same language. You can make jokes with each other, talk about girls we met today, like a body-body, an old friends. I don’t know. I am not really a man who can really easily make friends. Maybe it is my problem. I should open up my mind to face the new things, new environment, and new friends from another country.

the following is the song from one taiwanese singer

i am not sure it can watch or not



lyrics

Open up
You can be rich,with no money to spend
You can do everything, when you understand
You can be mother, when you are a man
Open up, You know that you can

Open up the borders and start in your head
Open your mind to thoughts seldom said
Open your heart, and open your mind
Open your thoughts and don't stay behind

Open your eyes,open your mind
Open your thoughts, don't stay behind
Open up , Open up
Open up , Open up
Open up , open up let's get there

You can be rich, with no money to spend
You can do everything, when you understand
You can be mother, when you are a man
Open up, You know that you can

Open your eyes,open your mind
Open your thoughts, don't stay behind
Open up , Open up
Open up , Open up
Open up , open up let's get there

Open your eyes,open your mind
Open your thoughts
don't stay behind let's get there

Open up , Open up
Open up , open up let's get there
Open up , Open up
Open up , open up let's get there
Open up , open up let's get there

la isla bonita

my favorite song also.

i really like the tempo of this song.

it's realy happy and relaxed.

the lyrics

Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
Just like I'd never gone, I knew the song
A young girl with eyes like the desert
It all seems like yesterday, not far away

Chorus:
Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby

I fell in love with San Pedro
Warm wind carried on the sea, he called to me
te dijo te amo
I prayed that the days would last
They went so fast

(chorus)

I want to be where the sun warms the sky
When it's time for siesta you can watch them go by
Beautiful faces, no cares in this world
Where a girl loves a boy, and a boy loves a girl

Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
It all seems like yesterday, not far away

(chorus two times)

lalalalalalaaa

te dijo te amo

lalalalalalaaa

(Spoken:)
el dijo que te ama

16/10/2006 (Mon)

16/10/2006 (Mon)

I hate Monday. I think everybody hates Monday also. You have to start to work, study, and of course go to school. Although I am an exchange student, I still have the pressure of study, most coming from my German class actually. I just don’t know. For English study, I can do the better job when I have learned 2 years English, but for the German, I will say “no way”. It is very strange. According to my intelligence, I started to learn English when I was 10 years old. I must have lower IQ than now. However, I did a better job in elementary school. Someone said language is nothing about intelligence. I don’t believe it. I know myself am a slower learner, especially in language learning, but how come I did a better job when I had lower IQ. So there must be something about my method to learn a new language or attitude to learn a language. I think in my deep mind. I don’t think German is important because I can already speak English. I just learn it for fun. But now, because I am almost an illiterate in Austria, I feel so desperate to learn German. I mean I can’t understand teacher, I can’t talk with reception guy, I can’t communicate with cleaning mad. I felt so frustrated. I really like to talk to them; especially they work so hard for me. I want to speak good German, at least when I come home, I can talk easily with the cleaning mad.

por una cabeza

my favorite song from movie "scent of a women"

charactered by al pacino, also my favorite actor

following is the lyrics in spanish


Por una cabeza de un noble potrillo
que justo en la raya afloja al llegar.
Y que al regresar parece decir,
no olvides hermano,
vos sabes no hay que jugar.

Por una cabeza metejon de un dia
de aquella coqueta y risuena mujer
que al jurar sonriendo
el amor que esta mintiendo
quema en una hoguera todo mi querer.

Por una cabeza,
todas las locuras
su boca que besa
borra la tristeza
calma la amargura.

Por una cabeza
si ella me olvida
que importa perderme
mil veces la vida,
para que vivir.

Cuantos desenganos, por una cabeza
yo jure mil veces no vuelvo a insistir.
Pero si un mirar me hiere al pasar,
su boca de fuego, otra vez, quiero besar.

Basta de carreras, se acabo la timba
un final renido yo no vuelvo a ver!
Pero si algun pingo llega a ser fija el domingo,
yo me juego entero, que le voy a hacer!


traslation into english

By the head of a horse

Losing by a head of a noble horse
who slackens just down the stretch
and when it comes back it seems to say:
don't forget brother,
You know, you shouldn't bet.

Losing by a head, instant violent love
of that flirtatious and cheerful woman
who, swearing with a smile
a love she's lying about,
burns in a blaze all my love.

Losing by a head
there was all that madness;
her mouth in a kiss
wipes out the sadness,
it soothes the bitterness.

Losing by a head
if she forgets me,
no matter to lose
my life a thousand times;
why live?

Many deceptions, loosing by a head...
I swore a thousand times not to insist again
but if a look sways me on passing by
her lips of fire, I want to kiss once more.

Enough of race tracks, no more gambling,
a photo-finish I'm not watching again,
but if a pony looks like a sure thing on Sunday,
I'll bet everything again, what can I do?

14/10/2006

14/10 (Sat)


I went to Salzburg with my friends today. Because I only wanted to spend one night there, we decided to separate. First I went to the Mirabelgarden and Schlos Mirabel. I heard that they are famous because one scene of the movie “the sound of music” was shot there. But when I got there, actually nothing special, it’s just a very beautiful garden with fountain, flowers, trees, some Barock statues, and a labyrinth made by tree like “Horry Porter”. Moreover, I went to the Barock museum in the garden. It costed you 3 Euro, but in fact, it was really small. I only spend ten minutes there. Then I went to Mozart wohnhaus and Mozart geburtshaus. Here in Salzburg, there are two main products, one is the sound of music, and the other is Mozart. Everything connects to these two things, it means business. To be honest, they do a very good travel tour in these two places, but I think they sell too much Mozart thing and make me sick. Every shop you can see Mozartkugel which is one kind of chocolate covered with the portrait of Mozart and the CD of the sound of music. It’s enough. There are definite another fascinate attraction in Salzburg. They really have. In the afternoon, I went to Hohensalzburg fortress and Hellbrunn which is a palace with trick water fountain. I really like these two places, especially Hellbrunn palace. In Hellbrunn, you can see former owner of the palace. He wanted to trick the guests, designing a lot of water trap and delicate machine all powered by water. It was build 4 hundred years before, while they don’t have electricity at that time. Anyway, this is the attraction I like most. The other is Hohensalzburg, a biggest fortress in the Europe, build and maintained by several Salzburg bishops. The oral guide said Salzburg means salty castle in the past. Salzburg produced salt in the past, which is the most valuable product in the past, especially for the places not along to coast. So every emperor wanted to conquer this place. Thus the bishop of Salzburg which is also rich and powerful by the salt, enlarged the fortress time over time to defeat the enemies until it had been conquered by Bavarian Duke. However, when I listened to the guide, I wondered who actually build this fortress, not bishop, not enemy, not conqueror, but so many miserable peasants. They built the fortress, mining salt, and served to bishop; make wealthier the bishop but more miserable life, which means more wealth, more enemies coming, and more fortresses to build and more wars to fight. What a miserable cycle it is. No wonder there are such more revolution between hierarchy, now I can totally understand.

13/10 (Fri)

13/10 (Fri)

I didn’t have class today. Senem, Franc, Carlos, I went to downtown for a kebab. Franc, who is a Spanish boy, found this shop first. When he told us on Tuesday, we decided to go to this shop. Senem is a smart and beautiful girl from Turkey. I saw a at first time in the coffee and cake time in summer. My first impression was she looks like a scholar and can speaks very fluent English. It can be proved that she really studies very hard, but unlike other hard-studying student, you can have a good chat with her. When you talk to her, you can feel very easy and just like talk to an old friend. You don’t feel any stress and try to find any topic because you always have something to talk, from study to cooking. Always have a good time. Actually she is the first Islamic girl I met, I was very surprised by her hospitable and talkative personality. That is not my stereotype for an Islamic people. (There is also a Turkish boy called Volkam. He is also friendly.) Maybe I know too few of Islamic culture, only the news from CNN or BBC, but they are all western media corporate. Maybe there is some bias from truly Islamic culture. Once Senem told me if I go to Istanbul, I can hear singers singing some recitation from different mosques at the early morning, and it is so peaceful and beautiful. You feel no nerves, no violence and no anxiety, only happiness and joy. What a beautiful thing it is! It is definitely not a violent, brutal, and human less culture. We have too many biases toward Islamic culture. We know it too less (only kebab I know in Taiwan). I want to know more about it if I have a chance. Another important culture shock today, Carlos, who is another kind Spanish boy, told me their black 13th, Friday is not on Friday but on 13th Tuesday, and he though all Latin people is on Tuesday, not Friday. It’s really funny to me because why they have different day. Someday I am going to find it.

12/10

Actually nothing special today, or bad luck in some degree. I set the alarm at 7 yesterday. But I didn’t sleep very well yesterday, I was exhausted since morning. So I sleep like a log….until today morning. I didn’t remember what happened exactly, but in my impression, it seemed I turn off the alarm and remained unconscious. My first class today is 8:30. Guess what time I get up? It’s 8:20! I suddenly jumped up from the bed, rushing into the bathroom, brushing my teeth, changing my clothes and running to campus. Guess whether I was late or not? The answer is not, the teacher came later than me. Fortunately, I am in Austria. Here teacher can be late to the class, and it seems everybody used to it. It doesn’t happen in Taiwan and definitely not allowed. Whatever, since you are in Austria, trying to be relaxed. That is the way Austrian live. ^^

daily journal

I had to talk about yesterday first. Yesterday was the first “Stammtisch” organized by REFI, and it’s an Austrian Stammtisch. Because I knew I had a class this early morning, I purposely didn’t drink too much, however it was too crowded in the Lui’s. I felt very thirsty and wanted to drink something. But next day’s 8:30 class in the morning keep me hesitated. Finally, I couldn’t stand the thirsty and went getting a drink. I thought I could drink red bull, which is an energetic drink contains no alcohol inside instead of beer. About 12, I went back to my dormitory. Because I was not very tired and my standard sleeping time is around 1 in the morning, I tried to read some articles in the internet. The politics in Taiwan was still a mess. I hoped we would not revolute in the end. No matter how, I just waited to sleep. But it’s very weird. I didn’t feel any sense of tired. I lied on my bed, closing my eyes, counting sheep. But the effect was limited. Eventually, I felt tired but just couldn’t sleep. STRANGE!! I JUST CAN NOT SLEEP. Then I realized, it was all red bull. At first I thought it was only a soft drink containing vitamin or some nutrient inside, nevertheless, it contains a lot of caffeine inside, and I am very sensitive to the caffeine, even a small cup of coffee will keep me awake all the day. So my plan was totally broken. I finally went to bed at 4 in the morning. Luckily I was only late for half an hour.

簽證流程 part one

因為我們這屆跌跌撞撞
弄到遲到了一個禮拜
所以我在這裡從新再一次把辦奧地利的學生簽證手續再寫一次
每年的作法都不大一樣
希望明年的同學可以順利出國

必要的文件
1. 入學通知書 （這裡一定要特別講一下，JKU的入學通知是用EMAIL寄的，所以拿到就可以去申請了）
2. 住宿通知 （一樣同上）
3. 戶籍謄本
4. 出生證明
5. 良民證
(關於上面三項有點複雜，要先翻譯成德文，外交部領事局上面有翻譯範本，然後可以影印五份拿去公證人認證，是公證中文和德文一樣，他最多可以給妳一份正本三份副本，副本最好全拿，未來要補文件的時候，一定會用上，之後再去外交部認證，這裡是認證公證人說的話是正確的，這樣就可以了，外交部可以認證一份正本，兩份副本（其中一份副本交回），所以最後可以拿到的就是一份正本，兩份副本，這我很確定，其他份數自己計算一下）
6. 銀行存款 （一年的大概要35萬台幣以上，多多益善摟）
7. 保險證明 （必須要有住院、意外、醫療且必須在海外可以使用）
8. 護照 （注意不要過期）
9. 大頭照
10. 德文表格 （跟我們拿翻譯本，除非妳德文罩得不得了）

一開始大概就是這樣

記得所有的文件都要留備份

為什麼這樣說

之後妳就知道了

永保安康

永保安康
詞:黃祖蔭 曲:高小羊
F7 F F7 Dm
她輕靠我的肩 車票握在手心裡面
B降 F Gm C
窗外風景變換倒退 思緒回到有妳的從前
F7 F F7 Dm
想小說的情節 你我曾愛的浪漫纏綿
B降 F Gm C
用了心想要完成每個誓約 祈禱愛情可以永不變
Dm Am
嘆 世界太多變
B降 Am
如今是她和我依偎
Dm Am
我 怎能不抱歉
B降 C
聽說妳仍緊鎖著心扉
F F Dm Am
我好掛念 我好掛念 我仍關心 妳的一切
B降 F Gm C
只是很單純 像朋友久違 想要知道 妳都順遂
F F Dm Am
我會想念 我會想念 我會祝福 妳到永遠
B降 F Gm C F
若妳也記得 那些昨天 永保安康 是我們最後諾言

可惡～～

我的BLOG老是出問題

LINK TO ＴＨＥ POST老是出不來

CODE也沒錯阿

氣死我了

底圖

愛情的模樣

1 5 5m 6
4 1 2m 5 ...

1 5 6m 3m
4 1 2m 5...

你是巨大的海洋 我是雨下在你身上
我失去了自己的形狀　我看到遠方　
愛情的模樣

曾經孤單的徬徨　 曾經相信曾經失望
你穿過了重重的迷惘　那愛的慌張　
終於要解放

你是誰　叫我狂戀　教我勇敢的挑戰全世界
在一樣的身體裡面　一樣有愛與被愛的感覺
我愛誰　已無所謂　沒有誰能將愛情劃界限
在一樣的身體裡面　
謎樣的魔力卻是更強烈

星星在夜空中閃亮　星空下我不停流浪
此生我無知的奔忙　因為你眼光　
都化成了光亮

這世界全部的漂亮　不過你的可愛模樣
你讓我舉雙手投降　跨出了城牆　
長出了翅膀　　

Alternative belief

Alternative belief

連乃俊的BLOGGER

看來他是個強者

要好好的向他學習

建景聯展

看了很多很久不認識的人

心中總是有些感觸

也不知道要說什麼

就先這樣吧

me myself

Tai Chung
Originally uploaded by Yi-An Chen.

my photo.
in the east ocean university.
smile smilingly.

congragulations

this is my blog. welcom!!!!

the topic of this blog may concern about my exchange student life in Europe...

I, myself, is a Taiwanese. This is a great opportunity to study in Austria. Don't ask me whether I can speak German. Actually, I don't, or a little. But life is like floating on the water. Everything will be fine.

by the way. 8/9/2006 is my arrival day to Austria. so i'm still in taiwan now. if somebody want to read my article about my exchange life. please be patient!!

finally, nice to meet you guys!!!

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